ubi_dbg_is_bitflip(9)
๐ ubi_dbg_is_bitflip(9) โ like, the kernel API manual, bestie โจ
okay so real talk, this is a page from the Kernel API Manual, and it's about ubi_dbg_is_bitflip โ one tiny lil function in the UBI debug-ery that decides whether it's bit-flip o'clock ๐๐ฆ
โจ NAME โจ
ubi_dbg_is_bitflip โ literally just checks if it's time to emulate a bit-flip ๐ซ
๐ SYNOPSIS ๐
bool ubi_dbg_is_bitflip (const struct ubi_device *ubi );
that's it. that's the whole signature. she's small but she's iconic ๐
๐ธ ARGUMENTS ๐ธ
ubiโ the UBI device description object ๐ซถ (yes, it'sconst, hands off, no touching)
๐ DESCRIPTION ๐
So what does she do? Bestie, it's genuinely simple:
Returns true if a bit-flip should be emulated, otherwise returns false. ๐
That's the whole vibe check. true = bit-flip time, false = not today. No cap, that's the entire description. ๐
โ ๏ธ it's a debug helper, so likeโฆ this is the emulation-injection side of things, not real hardware sorcery. It's giving "testing infrastructure main character energy" ๐ฅ
๐ฆ SEE ALSO ๐ฆ
- Kernel file
./drivers/mtd/ubi/debug.h๐ ubi_dbg_is_power_cut(9)โกubi_dbg_is_write_failure(9)โ๏ธubi_dbg_is_erase_failure(9)๐งฝubi_dbg_is_eccerr(9)๐งฎubi_dbg_is_read_failure(9)๐ubi_dbg_is_ff(9)๐ubi_dbg_is_ff_bitflips(9)๐ธubi_dbg_is_bad_hdr(9)๐ubi_dbg_is_bad_hdr_ebadmsg(9)๐ubi_dbg_is_bgt_disabled(9)๐ซ
like, the whole debug.h friend group fr fr โ go say hi to all of them ๐ซถ
โญ sign-off โญ
this lil beauty lives in ./drivers/mtd/ubi, and this version of the page is dated October 2026 ๐๏ธ๐ that's the source/version and the date, bestie โ screenshot it, cite it, cite me, mwah ๐๐
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๐ฆ where this page comes from
- nixpkgs unstable: linux-manual 7.3.1
- ๐ girlified by deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4.1-Flash-1017 on : a language model's rewrite of the original, under its terms